Monday, March 16, 1868.
  Cloudy all day.
Morning broken raining
hard. Foggy all day.
Rained most of the
evening. Ther. about 
40[degrees] - 50[degrees] - 40[degrees].
I intended to rise and
take a horseback ride
before breakfast but did
not as it was raining
hard. Exercised the dogs
as usual. Walked down
to school with Wholeman.
After lunch Henshaw
called and went with me
up to E. Dodge's where we
played a game. Then took
a horseback ride with
R. Deane around 'the pond"..
The snow has entirely gone
except a few remains of the
drifts but the grass is only
green in a few sheltered places.
Studied in the evening
at R's as usual.
Tuesday, March 17, 1868.
  Cloudy all day and
very sultry for the
season. Ther. 40[degrees] - 60[degrees] - 
42[degrees]. Rose as usual
and exercised the dogs.
Walked down to school
with E. Dodge. When
I got home had lunch
as usual. Then took
my gun and Jup.
and went up into the
fields. Shot a pair of
Blue Birds and a male
Robin for Mrs. Walker.
Jup. retrieved all the
birds, but did it rather
poorly, chewing them a
good deal. Heard a Robin
sing to day for the first
time. Saw several large
flocks of Snow Birds the
males all singing. Studied
from 4.30 P.M. to 5.30 P.M.
at the R's.
Heard a Snow Bird sing.